growth hacking
6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Oct 26, 2015 by Matt Lerner · across every show →
Everything said about growth hacking, oldest first
Oct 26, 2015 negative
Jun 17, 2019
Hsu: Growth is fast, data-informed iteration, not growth hacking
“And when you use the word growth, we don't really mean growth hacking, but it's more like product development through the philosophy of growth, which is really about being fast, being very data, being highly data informed. You know, it's not necessarily data d…”
Sep 22, 2021 negative
Winters: Scaling growth requires deep engineering work, not quick hacks
“Growth is done in a team, and it's not just hacks or experiments. Like, it requires understanding the growth model of the business, where the constraints are, and potentially doing quick hacks, but a lot of times deep engineering work to actually scale the bus…”
Feb 16, 2022 negative
Ed Baker: Growth Hacking Has Become Overly Quantitative and Metric-Focused
“I think growth has become almost too quantitative and analytical, and when people talk about growth hacking, they're almost like focused too much on the metrics. For me, the most exciting part is the creative side of growth, coming up with super creative ways …”
Apr 6, 2022 negative
Using the term 'growth hacking' is a yellow flag, says Brian Hale
“I would banish the term growth hacking. So it's not hacking if you're doing it properly, and I would say, actually, if you're talking about growth hacking, at least a yellow flag, because ultimately, if you're doing it well, what you're doing is you're doing g…”
Oct 26, 2022
Sahgal: Growth is about multi-year impact, not short-term growth hacking spikes
“It's also not growth hacking, which is a term I absolutely hate because it makes it seem like it's this kind of short term hacky thing people, people do to get a little spike. That's absolutely not true. Growth is really about the long term. Right. And it's ab…”